Icefields Parkway GyPSy Tour

Really added to the enjoyment of our drive. The narrator pointed out the best spots to stop and provided just enough enjoyable narrative on the history and geography of the area throughout the duration of the drive. Highly recommend

Learned so much throughout the drive. Great app.

Very helpful. Good narration along the road. It enhances our travel experience

Brought our trip to the next level..just the right amount if info

This was so informative and thoroughly enjoyed on our trip!

How super this app is, we drove at the speed limit and the timing is perfect. Whereas usually one of us is driving and the other navigating and is, if we are lucky, in the right place at the right time in the guide book, to share something informative. Not anymore, everything described at that perfect point in the road. Fewer rows! A lovely experience all round. Still plenty of silence, but it works perfectly. We are addicted

Guided us thru the whole tour. Gave great commentary and directions. Greatest thing is we didn't have cell service so we downloaded it at a bit 7 spot and it just used our gps signal. I used my blue tooth speaker and everyone in the car listened and enjoyed. The VERY best part was I never once got yelled at for being a back seat diver.

Fantastic tour packed with interesting information and great practical advice for driving the Parkway. Enhanced our drive no end and contains humour and enthusiasm too. By the end of the drive, it was like we had had an old friend riding with us! Highly recommended

great mix of history, facts & practical info; well written script with good timing; great voice ... nice slight inflections to know when he's serious & when he's joking.

We took a two week tour of Canada recently and the GyPSy apps really added to the trips! The app has lots of interesting information and excellent recommendations for where to stop and see the best sites.

I would highly recommend this app. one of the best ever. great information and tips. made our trip more enjoyable. would recommend banff/Lake louise/yoho too

Interesting narrative and the guide's voice and manner is pleasant and easy to listen to. Livens up a long road trip

You simply can't do the Parkway without this

Totally made the drive worthwhile. Without this, our drive through the Parkway would not have been enjoyable and we would have missed a lot. What I found most valuable was that at each turnoff the sights to be found were described along with an estimate of time (Example: "this is a nice two hour hike, if you have the time", or "the falls are a five minute walk from the parking lot and should not be missed"). We saw sights we would not have otherwise thought to stop. The app has a preview mode that lets you simulate some locations to hear the commentary. Based on the preview, I had another tour I had purchased refunded as I thought that there would be very little beyond the preview. This was totally wrong, as the guide was narrating practically the entire time. Highly recommended, and should I find myself driving in other areas covered by the Gypsy Guides I'll be sure to purchase.

Just came back from vacation and did the Icefields Parkway tour. Outstanding narration and found the right balance between not enough and too much info. Best money spent on the trip! The Phone was the HTC 816 and it worked flawlessly with the app.

Used this driving from Jasper to Banff then drove back up and down the icefields parkway 2 days later to make sure I saw everything properly. Fantastic app that worked in both directions. Felt like I had inside info on the road trip and learnt loads of interesting facts along the way. Best app I've ever purchased and would happily have paid more money for it. Excellent value. Get it.

If you are planning a trip to the National Parks, Canadian Rockies, Hawaii or Las Vegas, get the GyPSy Guide app and buy the associated guides. You load the app at home, then turn it on while you are driving - so there are no data charges during your drive. It uses GPS and narrates your drive as you go along. For Banff National Park, it had slightly different information for each direction of the drive. A friendly narrator gives historic, quirky, and always interesting information about the sights. We used one free tour and bought two for $10 - it made the trip delightful.

This is my first time using a tour guide app like this and I'm so glad that I did. The GPS locator is very accurate. Direction is clear and easy to understand. Information is fun and educational. I'll buy from GyPSy for my future travel. One suggestion is that it'll be helpful to provide estimated point to point driving time in the Highlight section.

Worked very well coming from Banff. Nice bit of history and geology knowledge to go along with the travel info. It could be a little clearer about the turnoff locations for some of the smaller sights.

Wonderful commentary added immeasurably to our Canadian Rockies self-drive tour

Very nice. Informative, interesting, with hidden gems away from the crowds!

Awesome

At least on Galaxy S6 this app works only in foreground, if you run music or navigation in foreground, you will not get any audio comments. This is huge issue with the app. It also only works in portrait, not landscape. Also there at least several glitches for example we were driving to Jasper and there was lake on the left side in the very beginning, but it suggested to pullover to it to right only after we passed it.

We have traveled by motorhome throughout the USA and Canada with many trips to Yellowstone, Glacier, and the Banff Jasper areas. This year we saw Gypsy guides and said when we reach the Banff area we would try one of the apps. Well we ended up getting the Banff- Lake Louise, the Icefields Parkway, Waterton-Alberta, Yellowstone and Arches-Canyonlands. While we have been to these areas on numerous occasions, the guide was both informative and entertaining. It pointed out locations and told some of the history. To us it was a great investment. We love to do driving tours, many overseas and hopefully Gypsy or others will expand their libraries to include larger areas. We will rate these apps as 5*

Such a great app. Follows you and informs along the way. Lets you know what to expect around the corner. So glad we purchased before we travelled.

Learned so much throughout the drive. Great app.

This guide is great for summer touring but we visited during winter & feel the app could use the current date to determine what may be open or closed on the route. Hearing about sites we couldn't visit was a little disheartening. Also, walk distances and times would be useful (eg. 5 small lakes walk near Jasper)

It really was great having this app while driving. I linked it to the Bluetooth in the car and it played over the stereo. I was able to use my tablet which only had Wi-Fi with no problems. The GPS knew exactly where we were.

It is informative and makes the drive very interesting. However, many of the presentations were cutoff in the middle of the description. This needs to be fixed to get full enjoyment out of the app. I am using a Samsung Galaxy s4.

Grabbed all of the guides for the Rockies. Very happy how they all worked on my tablet. Most of the guides work in both directions which is handy if you are driving back over the same route.

Best $5 I spent on the trip. My Mother enjoyed it too, great historical insights as well as tips on things to see and do. Recommended. Please make more apps, maybe Yellowstone?

We made this spectacular journey with this guide and it really does elevate the journey to another level. Brilliant.

The Canadian Rockies GyPSy apps worked very well. We loaded them a few weeks before our vacation. Once we got onto the TransCanadian Highway (16th Ave) in Calgary the app worked as described. The GPS and maps were quite accurate and give you a few moments notice before reaching a destination or a turn. We enjoyed the commentary and learned a few new facts as we traveled. I used the actual GyPSy device a few years earlier on a previous vacation and these apps worked just as well - saving me quite a bit of money! These apps did NOT require my phone or data service to be active - it only needed the GPS. I recommend purchasing these if you will be driving through the Canadian Rockies. If you want to test it out, try the free Calgary to Banff app then purchase and download when you reach Banff.

We loved this app because it helped us understand the land and the park better. We stopped when the app suggested and were never disappointed with the sights and hikes and activities. I especially liked that it worked in both directions, so you can start at one end and go to the other without worrying about missing something. Highly recommend.